Oak Street Cinema Saturday, September 21, 5:30pm Lisa Udelson, 2001, 58 mins Tupperware. The word evokes crisp white aprons and hand-sewn kitchen curtains with cheerful stencils of coffee cups and saucers. But Tupperware is now also the domain of an "All-American Jewish lesbian folksinger" thanks to Phranc, a veteran musician of the new punk and lesbian underground scene of the 1980's. Phranc is one of the USA's top-selling Tupperware ladies. In this light-hearted and sensitive doc, director Lisa Udelson joyfully tracks Phranc's meteoric rise through the ranks of the Tupperware Empire from successful Tupperware parties to national conventions, jubilees and television appearances. Phranc, who attributes her success to her undying devotion to the product, is charming and optimistic in the face of everything, including unexpected opposition. (Hot Docs) Sarah Kernochan, 2001, 40 mins. 2002 Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject. Stephan Kaufman is a 47 year-old mixed race artist who performs one-man operas under the name of "Thoth," encompassing a mythology and world of his own creation, in a language he invented, all as part of his mission to heal the disunity of mankind. Sarah Kernochan, (winner of the 1973 Academy Award for Best Documentary feature for Marjoe), follows "Thoth" through the tunnels of Central Park and the streets of New York. Stomping around, accompanying himself on violin and singing all four operatic voices of his "soloperas," "Thoth" performs to often mystified, but always entertained crowds of people. Kaufman is an eloquent speaker and very aware of his eccentricities, however, and as he reveals details of his personal and professional life, we see him not as a flaky New-Age freak but a modern-day mythmaker. Thoth is a wildly entertaining look at a true iconoclast. (Florida Film Festival)